The Day After

One to go...That is what the official said as I turned the corner for the stretch into the lasat lap of the first cross race of the season. Overall, I was feeling pretty good. I had settled into a good rythem and started to think ahead of what I could do better for the next race. Team Lake Effect members met on Saturday to set up the course at Wendy Park in Cleveland, Ohio. We spent about 4 hours laying the tape out and putting up flags. Jeff Craft brought a leaf blower and cleared away a lot of glass and stones that were on the course. The park is the site of an old dump so you have a lot of broken glass! Sunday started early, 6am to be exact. I had some coffee and left to get Jeff and head to the race. We finished all the detail setup and then at noon the C racers went off. They had a great group with first timers and juniors. It is really fun to watch the kids. Next year will be Roberts turn! Our race had over 70 participants so the start was going to be rough and rough it was. I did not get the best position and got caught behind a lot of riders going thru the first few turns. I regained a few spots and just rode my race. I made a few errors in the lines I took and had a few shifting errors but overall it was just good to get the kinks out. That's it for now.